has about that. he says the bush mccain and romney approach was to be above the fray and expect americans to condemn progressive excess, when the attack of exasperating conservative voters was always something more like, if they don t want to do their job and fight back, why should we support them? what you said is that? i think there s a lot right about that. our political moment needed pate disruptor. president trump was the disruptor. but disrupt to what end? the left has argued that politics can solve all of our problems. only the right people have power, that can bring on heaven on earth. that was being as when the left said it, and it s b.s. when the right said it. now people on the right to say we believe in politics, and that s not true. inside politics, there s a lot we need to wrestle but we need to make sure that politics are in the right spot because the things that make people happy,
frankly, that s an important strategy for the obama campaign, they re not just running a base only operation. that s the romney approach. there is still a sliver of undecideds where mitt romney has not made the sale, he s not completed the sale. so the sweet spot is to go out there and say which mitt romney are you? are you the mitt romney who has been running as a severe conservative, the one who showed up at the last debate saying you re a moderate? what are voters going to get? if mitt romney cannot close that circle, if he cannot reconcile one version of himself to another, then the hiring part of this hiring and firing decision of every re-election, that hiring part will not be concl e concluded. so the president can rally his base and also reach undecided voters by saying who is this guy standing on stage here because he doesn t sound anything like mitt romney from debates past. indeed. joy, polls are showing a tightening in the margins with women voters in particular, but how
is to build up our defense and make us stronger. that s the best deterrent in war and proposed to build that rather than shrink the military. that is right. that is the difference between governor romney approach and the president. peace through strength. and the president said standing back is less provocative and invites less challenge. you saw in libya and in iran s pursuit of the nuclear weapon and assad willingness to shoot down rebels. romney took that on directly. steve: here is the response to rom romm s. president obama has shown he is tough and responsible and steady commander-in-chief. mitt romney shows he would be the exact opposite. behind the tough talk he is erratic and unsteady and
from. the president skrooibs it well. you re going to pay the burden for a $5 trillion tax cut for the wealthy? that issue has been driving voters in this election and that was intensified. i think the president was clear about pinning romney down on medicare. as we come out on issues like pre-existing conditions, we ll make sure people understand and the president said this. romney says he s going to cut loopholes but he won t name them. romney said i ll replace obama care but he won t say with what. he said he ll appeal wall street reform and put regulations back in place but he won t share them with the american people. does anyone think they re too good for the middle class? these are plans that will harm the middle class and our economy and again, i would step back. the drivers in this election, romney s huge tax cut for the wealthy. his supportive medicare vouchers. his supportive repeal and wall street reform. our ad we re running, two-minute ad in battleground states the two ar
not paying attention so much? so if this is another ross perot typo moment in 1992, remember when he got out his chalk board and said the program is unsustainable, if the american people are ready for that, the romney approach might work. if the people are disengaged and listen to the sound bites, maybe not so much. steve: if it is i ve heard some suggest that okay, the romney camp is going to continue to push the president on medicare this week right up to the convention, and then afterwards they re going to pitch rot and talk about the president s performance on jobs. that s a winner for the republicans, isn t it? the economy and jobs ultimately has to be the winner for the republican party because the economy has not performed well. if you look at the figures people are unhappy about the direction of the country. so if this is a pivot back to that, that may be a winning strategy. if they continue to get bogged down in entitlement reforms, that s a harder row for them. ultimate